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HENRY WEILL, dealer in driving, heavy draft and fine coach and saddle horses, with sale and exchange stables at Nos. 200-216 West Orange street, Lancaster, and also extensive dealer in leai tobacco, was born in Alsace, France, March 10, 1860, son of Benjamin and Esther ( Woertenslock ) Weill, the former of whom was born in Alsace, the latter in Strasborg, France.
Benjamin Weill, the father was engaged in the horse business for a great many years, but retired in 1892 and resides in Alsace at the ad- vanced age of ninety-two years. The mother of our subject died in 1873, at the age of forty- nine years. They had these children: Solomon. who engages in the horse business in the old home in France; Benjamin, also in the horse busi- ness in Brooklyn, N. Y .; Myer, also in the same business in France; and Henry, the subject of this sketch.
When our subject was but thirteen years of age he was deprived of the love and care of his mother by her death, and he left his home, working at vari- ous kinds of labor in his native country, until at the age of twenty years he found himself in Paris. At- ter one year in that great city, he determined to reach America and make a career for himself. In 188! he reached Lancaster, and with his brother Benja- min, began the buying and selling of horses, the part- nership lasting for ten years, since which time he has carried it on with increasing success on his own account.
Mr. Weill is a self-made man, and has ac- cumulated large means and established great bus .. ness connections by his own efforts. The horse busi- ness is one with which he is thoroughly acquainted .. being one in which several generations of his family have successfully engaged. Until 1899 he dealt both wholesale and retail, but since that year ha: retired from the retail business. In 1892 he built at a cost of $10,000, his fine sale stable to accominio- date roo horses, and has been a large horse exporter, exporting as many as 2,000 horses to London each year. Since 1897 he has been extensively engaged in the leaf tobacco business, and employs about fity men in his warehouse. Few men in this locality have displayed better business judgment than has Mr. Weill.
On Aug. 26, ISS4, in Lancaster, Mr. Weill mar- ried Julia Pioso, born in Alsace, France, who died May 24. 1895, at the age of twenty-nine years. Her children were. Adeline P., Beatrice P., Blanche P. and Rosa P. Mrs. Weill was a daughter of Lat !:- I rase Fioso, who came from Alsace with his family to Lancaster in 1881, and engaged in the horse busi- ness. He died in 1887, aged forty-five years. His widow resides with our subject at the age of sixty- one. On April 3, 1900, Mr. Weill was married to Rose Hirsh, born in Lancaster, daughter of Abra- ham Hirsh, a retired millinery merchant of Lan- caster. Mr. Weill is a well-known and highly re- spected citizen of Lancaster. where he is liberal in his support of all public-spirited enterprises. He belongs to no political party. He is a member of the jewish Synagogue, and is generous in his sup- port of its work.
NOAH Z. HESS. Among the most esteemed residents of Pequea township is Noah Z. Hess, who is descended from a family of Lancaster county, whose members have always commanded the high- est respect. Michael Hess, his great-grandfather, bought a farm of 115 acres for five shillings and the place is now occupied by the father of our subject.
Abraham Hess, the grandfather, was born in Pequea township, and there passed his entire life. He married Elizabeth Musser, and to this union three sons were born, one dying in infancy: Ben- jamin died at the age of eighteen months ; and Abra- ham M. is the father of our subject.
Abraham M. Hess was born in Pequea town- ship in 1829, was educated in the common schools of the county, and began life for himself when twenty years of age, taking up farming, which he has always followed. In the fall of 1850 he married Elizabeth Hess, and one son was born to them, Emanuel, who died in infancy. The mother died in the fall of 1851, and Mr. Hess afterward married Anna Zigler. of East Donegal township, by whom he had seven children: Conrad Z., of Pequea town- ship; Benjamin, of Fulton township; Abram, of East Donegal township; Noah Z .; Ezra, deceased : Ezli, who died in infancy ; and Mattie, wife of Paris
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Engle, of Columbia, Pa. Mrs. Anna (Zigier) Hess died in July, 1868. Abraham Ml. Hess then mar- ried Barbara Herr, who became the mother of four children: Annie, wife of Graybill Mann, of Manor township; Enos, of State College, Pa .; Barbara, who died in infancy; and Lizzie, who is at home. Mr. Hess is a member of the Dunkard Church, bet- ter known as the River Brethren Church, and he has been a deacon in same for a number of years. He has settled up a number of estates, and has been guardian for several families-a fact which testifies forcibly to the estimate placed upon his character and ability by those who know him well.
Noah Z. Hess was born in Pequea township. Jan. 15, 1861, and was educated in the common schools of the county, remaining at home until he was about twenty-six years of age, when he married Miss Ada Eckman, of Pequea, and began life for himself. Af- ter farming on his father's place for three years he purchased the place where he now resides, and con- tinued in agricultural pursuits in which he has met with gratifying success. He owns a farm of 138 acres, one of the finest places in Pequea township, and he holds a high place among the best citizens of his community. Mr. Hess was admitted to the ministry of the River Brethren Church by Bishop Henry L. Heisey, in May, 1897, and officiates at the churches in Lancaster, Strasburg and Pequea.
Mr. and Mrs. Hess are the parents of four chil- dren: Mamie E., at home ; Ira E., who died in in- fancy ; and Ada E. and Roy Noah, at home.
JOHN JOHNS BAIR, the genial head of the coat and wrap department of Watt & Shand's big . establishment, Lancaster, comes from a family who settled in Lancaster county early in the eighteenth century. Three brothers Bair came to America and secured from William Penn, a large land grant along Mill creek, extending from Spangler's mill to Hoover's mill, near the Welsh mountains. This tract extended for a distance of perhaps five miles. and the road which these three Bair brothers laid out was originally only an Indian foot path.
Of the descendants of these pioneers, John Bair became a prominent drover and farmer. and his son ! Levi E., was for many years a farmer, but is now living retired, by reason of ill health. Levi E. Bair : married Josephine Jolis, a daughter of the late Ja- cob Johns, a farmer of West Earl. and who, like the Bairs, came from an old and honored family. The marriage was blessed with six children, only two of whom are living: Levi R., of the class of 1902, Franklin and Marshall College; and John J.
John Johns Bair was born in Upper Leacock township, Oct. 12, 1867. His parents removed from that section when he was only two years old, and his education was obtained at Honey Brook, Chester county (where he was graduated from the high school), and at the State Normal Schoo! at Millers- ville. After leaving the State Normal, Mr. Bair returned to his father's farm, and, after spending
two years there, entered the service of Messrs. Watt & Shand. This was in 1886 and he has remained there ever since. Atter mastering the details of a general mercantile business in the ever popular New York store, Mr. Bair took charge of the cloak de- partment-a department which, largely through his exertions, has become noted ali through the com- munity. Mr. Bair does all the buying, and superin- tends all the selling of that important part of this big establishment. He is accepted as an authority on ladies' wraps by many of the best dressers of Lancaster.
Socially Mr. Bair is a member of the Knights of Malta, and Odd Fellows, being a past officer of the latter ; politically he is a Republican ; and religiously a Lutheran, being identified with Grace Lutheran Church. In all the walks of life he is a courteous, intelligent and conscientious gentleman.
WILLIAM S. GROFF. There are many lines of business successfully carried on in the large cities of the country, by those who have been reared in quiet country homes and there taught by excellent parents those principles which have contributed much to their later prosperous careers. Such is the case with William S. Groff, one of the well known fruit and produce merchants of Philadelphia.
Abram Groff, his grandfather, was a farmer and miller in West Earl township, where he died March 4. 1885. at the age of seventy-eight. His wife, Het- tie (Wenger) Groff, died in 1852, at the age of thirty-five years, both of them being buried in the Groffdale cemetery. Mr. Groff had been long a leading man in his community, and for many years served as school director. His children were: Daniel W., deceased; Abram W., deceased : Maria W., who is the widow of John Graybill. of Upper Leacock township; Martin W., deccased ; Samuel W., the father of our subject ; Christian W., a farm- er of West Earl township : and Hettie W .. of Read- ing, Pa., who is the widow of Peter Snyder. The second marriage of Abram Groff was to Mrs. Cath- erine (Bare) Good, and one son was born to this union, Elam, now a retired farmer of Bareville.
Samuel W. Groff was born in West Earl town- ship, May 19, 1839, and he remained with his pa- rents until he had reached his majority, at that time taking charge of a farm in West Earl township. where he remained until his purchase of his present farm in 1886. On Dec. 22, 1864, he was united in marriage to Miss Susannah Sprecher, and to this marriage was born one son, William S., who is the subject of this biography.
Mrs. Susannah (Sprecher) Groff was born in Earl township, Nov. 3, IS41, a daughter of William and Susannah (Wenger) Sprecher, who were na- tives of Earl and Upper Leacock townships. re- spectively. Mr. Sprecher died in 1878, aged sixty- eight years, his widow surviving until ISos, dying at the age of seventy-eight, and both were buried in the cemetery attached to the Lutheran Church of
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New Holland, of which they were consistent mem- bers. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Sprecher were: Elizabeth, of New Holland; Susannah, the wife of Mr. Groff ; Maria. the wife of George Groff, of Bareville; George, a farmer and supervisor in Brecknock township; William, a farmer of West Earl township ; and John. Amanda and Louisa, de- ceased. William Sprecher was a son of George Sprecher. and his wife, Elizabeth Sheaffer ; and Su- sannah ( Wenger ) Sprecher was a daughter of Jo- seph Wenger, of Lancaster county.
William S. Groff of this sketch was born in Earl township. Oct. 23, 1867, son of Samuel and Su- sannah (Sprecher) Groff. He was educated in the public schools of his district, and until he was ten years old he remained with his parents in his native township, and then accompanied them to U'pper Leacock, where he continued until the age of six- teen. At this period he entered the store of J. D. Buckwalder, as a clerk, remaining with him for eleven years. When Mr. Stump purchased the busi- ness, he continued with the new proprietor for the succeeding two years. going then to l'hiladelphia where he engaged in his present business, which he has most successfully conducted ever since. Mr. Groff resides at No. 2223 Columbia avenue, Phila- delphia, and is known as a highly esteemed citizen . and upright man of business. Politically he is a Republican, and he takes a very active interest in public affairs.
On May 10, 1899, William S. Groff was married in Philadelphia to Miss Eva MI. Myer, a daughter of the late Rev. Samuel and Amanda ( Evans) Myer, of Upper Leacock township.
WILLIAM DAVID KING, a well known busi- ness man of Lancaster city, is descended from a very old and influential family of this county. His grandfather. Jacob, King, was one of the pioneer coopers of the section, and his father, the late David King, was a leading grocer of Lancaster for thirty- five years. David King married Miss Margaret Ann Lewars, who belonged to a well known family of this city, and eight children were born to then:, four of whom are deceased. Among those who have passed beyond was Dr. George A. King, for many years one of the most prominent physicians in Lan- caster. The surviving children are Walter E., 1 telegrapher in the Western Union service. New York: W. Newton, extra cashier in the Third Na- tional Bank of Baltimore : C. Henry, who is assist- ing his brother. William D., in the wine and liquor business ; and William David, our subject proper.
William David King was born in Lancaster thirty-eight years ago, and was educated in the pub- lic schools of this city. At an early age he entered his father's grocery store as clerk, remaining there several years, and then passing ten years as a clerk in the grocery store of Capt. J. L. Binkley. Leav- ing the Binkley establishment, Mr. King spent one year with D. S. Bursk. grocer, one year with Sanı-
uel Clark, grocer, and two years with A. A. Shaeffer. wine and liquor merchant, and on April 1, 19co. purchased and took possession of the extensi ... wholesale and retail wine and liquor establishmen: of the late S. G. Gensemer. It is located at No. 253 North Queen street. Mr. King has greatly in- creased the business since taking possession, icr he has given it the closest personal attention, and had added largely to the trade.
Politically Mr. King is a Republican, but he takes no active part in politics. Religiously he is a mem- ber of St. Paul's Reformed Church. Mr. King owns and occupies a beautiful cottage on the Philadelphia turnpike, in the eastern suburbs of the city, and his venerable mother, to whom he is devotedly attached. makes her home with him. His wife was Sadie Fisher. daughter of Henry Fisher, millwright of Salisbury township. Lancaster county.
WILLIAM L. SHOEMAKER, a farmer of Fulton township, was born Dec. 20. 1843, son of Tesse and Saralı (Lukens) Shoemaker ( deceased), of Martic township. The father and mother origi- nally resided in Montgomery county, Pa., and re- moved to Martic township during their younger days.
Jesse Shoemaker was a son of Joseph Shoe- maker, who was a native of Montgomery county. Joseph Shoemaker was the father of four children: Abraham, Jesse. Charles and Lydia, all deceased. Tesse Shoemaker was born in 1796. His first wife was Miss Sarah Ambler, to whom he was married in 1825. One child, Hannah A., was born to this union and is now deceased. Mr. Shoemaker mar- ried (second) Miss Sarah Lukens, in 1828, and six children were born of this union, namely: Josephi. born July 9, 1820, is deceased : Enos, born Nov. Io. 1830, is deceased ; Abraham, born May 12, 1832, is a farmer in Martic township: Martha Ann, born April 1, 1837, is deceased: Charles, born Nov. 2. 1840, is deceased; and William L., born Dec. 20. 1843.
William L. Shoemaker married Miss Alice A. Tamborn, daughter of Smedley and Margaret ( Bol- ton) Lamborn. on Jan. 20. 1870. Mrs. Shoemak- er's parents were of English origin. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Shoemaker has been blessed with children as follows : Winona E., born Dec. 7, 1870 and is the wife of Harry J. Drennen, of Fulton town- ship; Jesse, born Sept. 19, 1880, and died in child- hood : and Lula M., born Oct. 30, 1888. Mrs. Shoe- maker was reared on a farm and was one of eleven children. Her father. Smedley Lamborn, was born Jan. 6, 1807, and married. Dec. 22, 1830, Miss Mar- garet Bolton, who was born Aug. 26, 1810. Ile lied Sept. 26, 1851, and his wife died Nov. 21. 1855. They had children as follows: George S., born Nov. 24, 1831, resides in Martic township : Aquilla B., was born Feb. 23. 1833 : Emeline, born Sept. 30. 1834, is the wife of Joseph Shoemaker, of Martic township : Elwood, born Aug. 4, 1836, is deceased :
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William L., born Jan. 6, 1839, is deceased ; Mary Elizabeth, born June 22, 1840, is the wife of Thomas B. Hamilton ; Sarah, born Nov. 8, 1842, is the wife of Jacob Brown, of Fulton township ; Priscilla, born Jan. 19, 1844, is deceased ; Alice A., was born April 14. 1847 ; Lucinda, born Aug. 22, 1849, is the wife of Benjamin Tennis, of Drumore township; and Lydia S., born Oct. 29, 1851, is the wife of Amos Smith. of Drumore township.
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William L. Shoemaker was reared on his father's farm, and received his education in the public schools of his district. He chose farming as a vocation, and has followed that occupation ever since. His farm of 113 acres is finely improved and shows every evi- dence of careful care and cultivation. Mr. Shoe- maker is also half owner in the old homestead, con- sisting of eighty-nine acres, in Martic township. He is a Republican in politics, and at present holds the office of president of the school board of Fulton township (he has been a member of the board for sixteen years), a position which is of considerable importance in the educational interests of the neighi- borhood. He and his family are members of the Society of Friends. He stands as one of the fore- most men of Fulton township, on account of his well known probity of character and kindly disposi- tion.
FRANCIS 1 .. HERR, one of the prominent busi- ness men of Lancaster, treasurer and bookkeeper of the Lancaster Cork Works, was born near Stras- burg, Pa., Aug. 3. 1844, son of Benjamin G. and Mary Emma Herr, and remained with his parents on the farm until his sixteenth year. in the meantime improving his educational opportunities to the ex- tent of graduating from the high school and attend- ing the State Normal School. Mr. Herr then lo- cated in Lancaster, and for three years was employed in the office of the clerk of Sessions court. After- ward he secured a position in the First National Bank at Strasburg as clerk and teller, but in June. J863, at the time of the invasion of Pennsylvania by the Confederate army, he enlisted in Company D, : 50th P. V. I. Three years later he assumed the management of a cotton plantation in Arkansas, owned by a Lancaster firm. Owing to ill health Mr. Herr was obliged to cut short his plantation experience at the end of a year and a half, and, in the hope of restoring his health, settled on the old homestead and farmed for several years. In 1870 he was employed by Jay Cadwell in his cork works, and from the position of bookkeeper rose to manager of the works, which position he held until 1874, when he resigned for the purpose of associating with others to establish the Lancaster Cork Works. This factory subsequently passed into the hands of George W. Dodge & Son, and was operated by them until 1891, when it was purchased by the Armstrong Cork Co., of Pittsburg, and has since been operated by this company in connection with their works in Pittsburg, Pa. These two works furnish four-fifths
of the corks manufactured in this country. The Lan- caster branch moved into their present factory in 1881, which has been enlarged from time to time, and now employs five hundred men and girls. Mr. Herr has been identified with the works during the whole time since they were first established.
In 1874 Mr. Herr was married to Sarah A. My- ers, daughter of David and Elvina Myers, of Lan- caster city. Mrs. Herr died Feb. 2. 1882. leaving two daughters, Mabel E. and Alice A. Mr. Herr is well and favorably known in business and social circles of Lancaster, and he has many friends to appreciate his financial ability and admirable per- sonal characteristics. Politically he afniiates with the Republican party.
EPHRAIM H. REITZEL, SR. Mr. Reitzel is now in his sixty-second year, having been born Feb. 4, 1842. His life has been an active and useful one, and he is one of the honored veterans of the Civil war. He is a grandson of Conrad Reitzel. a weaver by trade, who emigrated to America from Switzer- land, and settled in West Hempfield township, where he died. Mr. Reitzel's father was named Joseph. He, too, learned the carpet weaver's trade in carly youth, and in later years that of a miller, but toward the end of his life embarked in business as a butcher, in which line he continued until his death, which oc- curred in 1867, after he had attained the age of four score years and four. He was distinguished for patriotism and personal courage, and carried a col- onel's commission during the war of 1812, and set- tled in Lancaster county in 1825. While not a pro- fessing church member, he was a man whose stand- ard of moral conduct was regulated by deeply seated Christian principles. He was twice married. His first wife's maiden name was Boner. She bore hin four sons and two daughters, none of whom are living. Their names were: Jacob. Joseph, John ( a teamster in the Union army during the Civil war), Samuel, Margaret and Elizabeth. His sec- ond wife, who has also passed away, was Elizabeth Mann, of Chester county, a brief sketch of whose family history may be found in a succeeding para- graph. She was a member of the Winebrennerian denomination, and died June 15, 1893, at the same ; age as her husband.
Ephraim H. Reitzel was the third child of his father's second marriage. The others were : Will- iam. Harrison, Augustus, Calvin and Sarah. Will- iam, now deceased, served as captain of Co. G. 2nd Reserves, P. V. T., during the Civil war. and was wounded in his country's service. Sarah is unmar- ried. and resides with her brother, Ephraim. The other children died before reaching mature age.
The first twenty-one years of Mr. Reitzel's life were passed in Mountville. At the age of nine he began working on a farm, and when fourteen years old found employment as a lime burner in the stone quarries. In his nineteenth year he commenced to learn the trade of blacksmith, but in 1862 entered
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the Pennsylvania Company's repair shops, remain- ing there until Feb. 15. 1864. He then enlisted in Co. G. 186th P. V. I., commanded by Capt. D. P. Billington, and remained in the service until he was mustered out. Aug. 13. 1865, at Philadelphia. On his return from the army he re-entered the service of the railroad company in his former position. After a few years he took the position of brakeman, and after eighteen months was made flagman. A year and a half later he was promoted to a conductorship, the duties of which post he continued to discharge with marked ability and unwearying fidelity until 1896. In that year an accident, caused by a defect in the air brakes, incapacitated him for further work as a conductor, he having sustained a fracture of several ribs, as well as other serious injuries. On his recovery he accepted the post of watchman, and in that capacity he is still in the employ of the com- pany, which he has served so long and faithfully. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Brotherhood of the Union, having been deputy grand chief Washington of the order in Lancaster county.
Mr. Reitzel was married in August. 1862, at Lancaster, to Miss Catherine, daughter of Andrew and Catherine ( Fair) Sheriff. Her father was a successful farmer of Perry county, where she was born Feb. 13. 18.13. She was the youngest of a fam- ily of seven children. John. the eldest, lives in the old homestead. Isaiah and Mary ( who married Christian Hauss) are deceased. Conrad and David are farmers in Cumberland county. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Reitzel has been blessed with five daughters and seven sons. The eldest two. Lydia and Andrew, died in childhood. Henry married Anna English, of Columbia. Sarah is the widow of Joseph Schleif, who lost his life in a railroad acci- dent, and lives with her brother Ephraim. Mary is the wife of Lewis Ibaugh, a brakeman, and resides in Columbia. Edward is a brakeman, and married Ida Witman: he. too, lives in Columbia. Adam died before reaching mature years. Albert and Ephraim are both railway brakeman, whose homes are in Columbia. The first named married Lillie Harman, and the latter lives with his parents. George is deceased. Catherine and Lucy are both unmarried and live at home.
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Ephraim H. Reitzel's mother. whose maiden name was Elizabeth Mann. belonged to a family distinguished for ardent patriotism, as well as noted for the longevity of its members. Her paternal grandfather was William Mann, of Fallowfield township, Chester county. He married Jane Brown, a first cousin of the noted general, "Mad" Anthony Wayne. from which relationship it may be inferred that she came of fighting stock. She had four brothers, who served in the patriot army. John. David, Matthew and Eli. The two latter lost their lives in the massacre at Paoli. David was wounded and carried an English bullet in his body until his death. He and his brother John returned from the
war and settled in Ohio. To William and Jane (Brown) Mann were born eight sons: James, John, Jonathan, William. Joseph. Samuel, Ezekiel and Eli. John Mann, the maternal grandfather of Mr. Reitzel. was also a Revolutionary hero. His wife was Anna Devine. a daughter of William De- vine and Isabella Moore, who emigrated from Scot- land to the American colonies during the trouble- some times of the Revolution. Isabella ( Moore) Devine lived to the very old age of one hundred and seven years, and sleeps in the burying ground of Upper Octoraro township. in Chester county. Jane Brown, the wife of William Mann, and the great- grandmother of E. H. Reitzel. lived to be one hun- dred and two years old. Her dust rests in a grave at Fallowfieldl. Jolin and Anna (Devine) Mann were the parents of four sons and seven daughters, Mr. Reitzel's mother being the seventh child in order of birthi. The others were Jacob. William. John, Samuel, Anna. Jane. Mary, Sarah, Hannalı and Margaret. The warlike spirit of their ancestors fired the hearts of the sons, and two of them, al- though beyond the maximum limit of age for enlist- ment. entered the Union army. Anna married Emanuel Daughman, and three of their sons also fought under the Stars and Stripes throughout the Civil war. two of them dying upon the battlefield. Mrs. Baughman died in 1896 at the age of ninety. Tane Manu became the wife of John Mowrey. and removed to Michigan. She was the mother of three daughters, two of whom married soldiers who fol- lowed the flag South, and one of whom lived to mourn a husband who never returned. Mrs. Jane Mowrey is still living.
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